Term Information

Accession
GO:0009240
Name
isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
IPP biosynthesis, IPP biosynthetic process, isopentenyl diphosphate anabolism, isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis, isopentenyl diphosphate formation, isopentenyl diphosphate synthesis, isopentenyl pyrophosphate biosynthesis, isopentenyl pyrophosphate biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate, an isomer of dimethylallyl diphosphate and the key precursor of all isoprenoids. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0009240 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process (GO:0009240)
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isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  isoprenoid biosynthetic process (GO:0008299)
isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  phospholipid biosynthetic process (GO:0008654)
isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  isopentenyl diphosphate metabolic process (GO:0046490)
Children of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process (GO:0009240)
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isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway (GO:0019287) [is_a relation] is_a  isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, methylerythritol 4-phosphate pathway (GO:0019288) [is_a relation] is_a  isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process
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